Sep 2021
Despite these pronouncements on the safety of HPV vaccine, regions in Colombia have reported a disproportionate number of neuropathic pain cases (with respect to the expected reactions declared by the pharmaceutical company producing Gardasil) (SΓ‘nchez-GΓ³mez and HernΓ‘ndez-FlΓ³rez 2014).
It would not be the first time that adjuvants in a vaccine cause an adverse reaction. The use of AS03 as an adjuvant in the Pandemix vaccine against the influenza virus was linked to the development of autoimmune narcolepsy. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2018; 113(8): e180063.
Published online 2018 May 28. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760180063
Equally important, the absence of symptoms does not exclude the presence of an inflammatory phenomenon, with epipharingitis being found in all women examined after HPV vaccination in Japan (Hotta et al. 2017).
It would not be the first time that adjuvants in a vaccine cause an adverse reaction. The use of AS03 as an adjuvant in the Pandemix vaccine against the influenza virus was linked to the development of autoimmune narcolepsy. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2018; 113(8): e180063.
Published online 2018 May 28. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760180063
Equally important, the absence of symptoms does not exclude the presence of an inflammatory phenomenon, with epipharingitis being found in all women examined after HPV vaccination in Japan (Hotta et al. 2017).
